There are lots of things I never anticipated when I hit “send” on the manuscript I named and renamed silly things like “Fabulosity Squared” and “All-Around Documentness” just so I could get. through. writing. Enough to fill another book entirely. A three-event week, for example, mere days before the six-month
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It’s been a while…between Day Job, travels, and other travails, a little blog break was necessary. However. Exciting things are afoot! Things like… …being asked to be part of the first-ever Bitch Magazine YA Book Club. I’m asking the questions for the first reader-selected book: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce.
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Sometimes Google Alerts brings the most tantalizing surprises. Example: News that my book was featured on both Vogue Italia (as “Obsession of the Day” – I’ve linked to the English version) and Elle Italy‘s websites and that La biblioteca delle donne, the Italian translation of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, was released
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One of the best and weirdest parts of becoming a published author is being asked to speak. If you’ve read The Heroine’s Bookshelf, you’ll know that I come from San Diego, CA. I never felt self-conscious about my speaking voice until I started my first year at Smith College in
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Favorite book moment of the week: Helping Eleanor Brown ring in the birth of The Weird Sisters. She read and spoke with aplomb, and the crowd went wild. Bonus: time to browse around The Tattered Cover in Highlands Ranch. I talked to the staff a bit, signed a few books
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